At this time, Liu Ju's mind was still very sober, he thought that Jiang Chong's Gu catching team dug up Gu things in the Tai Palace, whether the Gu things were cursing the emperor or not, it was unclear, if the emperor who reported it went there, it would be a big trouble. So he wanted to personally go to see Jiang Chong and several leaders of their Gu capture team, although Jiang Chong and Chang Rong had a holiday with him, but Han Shuo and Zhang Gan were usually good to them, and the two of them would not lose face.

Liu Ju came over to Han Bingdian, Jiang Chong, Han Shuo, Zhang Gan and Chang Rong have been staying here since they came in the Tai Womb to catch Gu, and when they saw Liu Ju coming over, Chang Rong pointed to a bunch of small paulownia wood people and said in a weird manner: "Your Highness, only some little wood people were found in the Tai Womb, and I didn't expect that there were so many Gu things in the Tai Womb." ”

For Chang Rong, the villain, Liu Ju didn't want to deal with him, I remember one day, Liu Che occasionally had a small illness, and sent Chang Rong to summon the prince, Chang Rong played back, the prince's face was happy, Liu Che was very unhappy after listening to it, and reprimanded Liu Ju, of course Liu Ju knew that Chang Rong was sowing discord. Another time, Liu Zhi entered the harem to see Empress Wei, and the two talked for a long time before saying goodbye, Su Wen and Chang Rong knew that they played right and wrong in front of Liu Che, saying that the prince entered the palace to see the queen, and he went for a long time, and played with the palace people in the palace, Liu Che didn't say anything after listening, but he chose to send a number of palace people to give the prince, Liu Zhi of course knew that it was Su Wen and Chang Rong who did it, so they hated Liu Che's close servants Su Wen, Chang Rong, Yan Hao and several others.

And Su Wen, Chang Rong and Yan Hao also knew that if Liu Che returned to the west one day and Liu Ju ascended the throne, then their days would come to an end, so on the one hand, they tried every means to frame Liu Ju, and on the other hand, they tried their best to ensure that Liu Che could live a few more days and preferably live forever, which explained why Su Wen and they often encouraged Liu Che to take Lu Ji's Immortal Pill.

Liu Ju looked at these little wooden figures, raised his head and said: "These are all used to avoid disasters and eliminate disasters, exorcise ghosts and pray for blessings, and they don't curse anyone." ”

Jiang Chong hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Your Highness, these are all Gu, we don't know who is cursed, but these are indeed Gu things, we are under the emperor's edict to search for witch Gu, and if we find it, we should report it to the emperor."

Liu Ji felt that Jiang Chong was still so unreasonable, and he hadn't sorted out the matter of He Ruhou being arrested by him last time, and now he came to search for Wu Gu again, and wanted to get angry and reprimand him a few words, but thinking that it was not only the emperor's edict, but also according to the Daohou Han Shuo, the imperial historian Zhang Gan and the inner servant Chang Rong were present, so he forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, only to see him look directly at Han Shuo and said: "According to Daohou, do you say that these Gu things are like cursing others?" ”

Liu asked Han Shuo, self-evidently thinking that he could help say a few words, after all, after so many years, he didn't have any holiday with him, but what he didn't expect was that Han Shuo said: "Your Highness, I am not very good at witch Gu these things, we are all ordered by the emperor to search, my duty is to assist Jiang Zhizhi to investigate this matter thoroughly, Jiang Zhizhi has already said just now, these are Gu things that have been placed under Gu, as for whether there is a curse on anyone, who can say clearly." ”

Liu Ju couldn't imagine that Han said that he was so faceless, so he looked at Yushi Zhang Gan, and Zhang Gan also understood what Liu Ju meant, but the cunning Zhang Gan moved his gaze elsewhere and pretended not to see it. At this time, Liu knew that there was no one to help him speak, so he could only shake his hand and said angrily: "Then you can watch it." ”

After Liu Zhi finished speaking, he brushed his sleeves away, turned around and returned to the painting hall.

In the painting hall, Shi De saw Liu Ju walking in angrily, and knew that something was wrong, so he asked, "Your Highness, how is the development of the situation?" ”

Liu Ju had a gloomy face, bit his lower lip and said, "Jiang Chong, Chang Rong, Han Shuo, Zhang Gan, it seems that they have to kill me." ”

Shi De hurriedly asked: "Do they want to report the situation to the emperor?" ”

Liu Ju nodded, pacing back and forth with his waist crossed, and he could see that he was very anxious.

After a while, Gai Xin hurriedly ran over, and it was bad news again, only to hear him say: "Your Highness, that Hu Wutan said that he found a paulownia wood man in the backyard, with the emperor's birthday written on it, and it has been handed over to Jiang Chong." ”

After hearing the news, Liu Ju became even more anxious, so he asked, "Jiang Chong, are they gone?" "Qi Yan reads

"It's gone."

"It's broken."

Liu Ju sighed, he knew that if this thing was handed over to the old emperor, then his position as crown prince might not be kept. The doorman Lu on the side hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Your Highness, while the emperor doesn't know about this matter now, you'd better rush to Ganquan Palace to explain to him first, if the emperor knows about this matter, then it will be troublesome, and then Jiang Chong will say whatever they say, and you can't wash it if you jump into the Yellow River." ”

Shi De also felt that Lu Lian was reasonable, so he said: "Your Highness, what Mr. Lu said makes sense, you should go to Ganquan Palace to explain it to the emperor in person, so as not to misunderstand." ”

Liu Ji thought for a moment, nodded and said: "It's okay, I'll rush to Ganquan Palace early tomorrow morning to explain to my father, and by the way, ask him to say goodbye to see if he is well." ”

Liu Ju was able to think of this, which proved that he was still very wise, but the change in the situation was not so optimistic, and his mistake was that he did not leave immediately, and others had already made the first move.

Early the next morning, Liu Yi made arrangements to go to Ganquan Palace to meet his father Liu Che in person. When his motorvoy walked to the Xisima Gate of Weiyang Palace, the gate marquis He Qiang had been the prince's doorman before, and when he saw that it was the prince's convoy, he hurriedly stepped forward to say goodbye: "See His Royal Highness the Prince, His Highness will leave the palace early in the morning." ”

Seeing that it was his own person, Liu said: "You must take care of the palace gate, and it is your duty to protect the palace." ”

He Qiang is a relatively clever person, and hurriedly responded: "Obey the order, we will do our duty faithfully and protect the palace, Your Highness, do you also want to go to Ganquan Palace to ask for peace?" ”

Liu Ju felt strange, how could He Qiang know that I was going to Ganquan Palace? So he said: "Be bold, don't ask what you shouldn't ask." ”

He Qiang knew that he had said the wrong thing, so he hurriedly knelt down and bowed: "The little one should be damned, you can't ask nonsense, but there is one thing I think is very strange, I don't know if I should tell His Highness?" ”

Liu knew that He Qiang had always been cautious, and he probably saw something, so he said, "Listen to what you say." ”

"Your Highness, last night, when it was about Moxu, Jiang Zhizhi and his chamberlain Chang Rong brought a few people over and ordered me to open the door, but I didn't dare not open it, so I opened the door for them; I saw Chang Rong take a few people out of the palace, and when he left the palace gate, he heard Jiang Zhizhi and Chang Rong said, I saw the emperor asking for peace for me, so I guessed that Chang Rong brought a few people to Ganquan Palace to ask the emperor for peace, I heard that the emperor was very sick, and seeing that you were going out of the palace again this morning, I dared to ask His Royal Highness if he also went to Ganquan Palace to ask for peace. ”

Liu Ji heard that Chang Rong and the others had left the palace last night to go to Ganquan Palace, guessing that they should want to report to the emperor about the Gu things they found in the Taigong yesterday, he immediately realized that the situation was already very serious, and the other party had already made the first move, so he turned his horse's head and hurriedly returned to the Taigong Palace to discuss countermeasures.

Liu made a big mistake according to this hesitation, if Lu Lian persuaded him to go to Liu Che yesterday to explain it clearly, he would not have been so passive, and now it is too late, and he can only think of other ways to remedy it.

Is it really too late? Not necessarily, if Liu Ji didn't care about thirty-seven twenty-one at this time, he continued to go to Ganquan Palace to intercede with his father, saying that he was also unaware, and that the people under him did it behind his back. Then find a few substitutes for the dead ghosts, and then ask his father for peace with a richer expression, and wait with medicine and water, it is estimated that Liu Che will also forgive him and tell him to be a good man or something in the future, after all, the two fathers and sons have no overnight feud. But at this time, Liu Ju did not do this, he made a bold decision, and as a result, this decision pushed him into the abyss.